Romans 11:14
if, perhaps, I may provoke emulation in the children of my flesh, and may vivify some of them.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
In Context
13But it is to you Gentiles, I am speaking: as I am a legate to the Gentiles, I honor my ministry;
Cross References
Romans 11:11But I say: Have they so stumbled as to fall entirely? Far be it. Rather, by their stumbling, life hath come to the Gentiles, for awakening their jealousy.
1 Corinthians 7:16For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou wilt procure life to thy husband? Or, thou husband, knowest thou, whether thou wilt procure life to thy wife?
1 Timothy 2:4who would have all men live, and be converted to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure every thing, for the elect's sake; that they also may obtain life, in Jesus the Messiah, with eternal glory.
Philemon 1:12And receive thou him, as one begotten by me.
Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33
The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →